Busy event professionals who want extra recognition for their work are getting some extra time to enter this year's Gala Awards competition. Entries can come in to the Special Events Magazine offices by Friday, Sept. 5, by 4 p.m. Pacific. With...
Antonia Keller caught the event bug early. She started planning events while a Spanish major at Louisiana State University. After graduating in 2000, she signed on with a Dallas-based event firm, then returned to her hometown of New Orleans to...
She was born into the catering business. Anne Dunsmore's father — Joe Hyde — was a prominent caterer in New York, and she and her two brothers came home from school to “pick little baby crabs off mussels and shuck oysters,” she recalls. Dunsmore...
The telephones at the Special Events Magazine offices are busy taking calls from event professionals busy with their Gala Award entries. This year's competition is open to events that have taken place between Sept. 1, 2007, and Aug. 31, 2008...
The April fundraising gala benefiting children's charity Father Joe's Villages was a special occasion in more ways than one. Not only was the event a first-time effort, but it marked the first time ever that gala host and event venue Valenti...
The U.S. presidential election is still three months away, but two far bigger events--at least in terms of special events--are coming up quickly. The Democratic National Convention comes to Denver Aug. 25-28, followed by the Republican National...
Transforming raw office space into a society-worthy soiree might have given even legendary debutante-turned-designer Dorothy Draper pause. But Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based DMC Createabilities followed Draper's advice that decor should be fabulous...
When San Francisco-based Ideas Event Decor & Production opted not to bid on the San Francisco Ballet's 2008 opening night gala — an event the company had designed for the past two years — company founder J. Riccardo Benavides knew he was taking a...